[scadagawd]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

Pick any module.
Select it.
Click the backups button in the bottom right hand corner.
Pick the one you want to load and it will restore those settings.

They removed it. Doesn't exist on the newer versions of ISTEP.
My 2017 used to have the option and after a software update it ceased to exist.
Also don't recall that there was ever a 4 blink option. It was 3 or 5.

That's too bad.

[bruswain]

[QUOTE=andrewc89;22700501]Pick any module.
Select it.
Click the backups button in the bottom right hand corner.
Pick the one you want to load and it will restore those settings.


thanks, looks like it's different on android, no backup options

[ModestV8]

Originally Posted by SeanWRT

This is truly a sad news. Push me to do the LCI cluster swap

Thanks anyway for letting me know.

According to @andrewc89 there isn't coding available yet, but it is possible if bimmercode can do it.

[scadagawd]

Originally Posted by jycf87

According to @andrewc89 there isn't coding available yet, but it is possible if bimmercode can do it.

Just confirmed from Stephan from Bimmercode, his comment is "BMW restricted this to max 3, so this is no longer possible unfortunately."

[akkando]

Originally Posted by andrewc89

It's easier and quicker than coding with ESYS but comes at the risk of losing connection to the car mid way though the process which can result in some headaches. Not very common but it happened to me once. Backups wouldn't fix it. Had to have BMW recode the car. Fortunately they did it for free and updated my istep.

To minimize the possibility of a connection failure use the recommended wifi odb II reader, not a bluetooth one. The range and connection is better with wifi.

Code with your engine running if you can. If you're unable to run the car at least leave the driver door open and turn on parking lights.

Shut off the heat/ac and mute the radio.

Code in close proximity of the car. Drivers seat is best.

What's the point of leaving driver door open? The car won't shut off? Actually mine is coded to shut off when I open door.

[AndrewC1989]

Originally Posted by akkando

What's the point of leaving driver door open? The car won't shut off? Actually mine is coded to shut off when I open door.

Your coding has nothing to do with that. That's for when you shut the engine off and open the door.

What I'm talking about is If the door is open and the parking lights are on and you press the start stop button once your electronics on mode will stay on much longer thus not interrupting your connection to the WiFi ob2 reader.

If you code with the engine running you don't have to do this.

[Jeff_2015_228i]

I know this is an older thread (just came across it in a search), but WOW, your dealer techs would really have an issue with my car... (not an M2, which I would love to own but was only a dream back in early 2015). I have lots of things coded. But I never coded getting the mirrors to fold on lock - mainly because I have a convertible and that action closes the top. But then there are the other things that are hard to miss... temp on tire pressure, different active sound setting, startup screen display, removal of all warnings, disable start/stop... not to mention the Dinan stuff.

[DETRoadster]

Hey all, so there's nearly 70 pages of discussion here and I admit I have not looked through every page. My question may have been answered already. If so, hoping someone can throw me a bone and answer anyway:

With the car locked and the alarm set, if you press the door lock button on the FOB, you can hear the door lock mechanism engage but that's the only signal anything is happening. I'm one of those people who chronically sets the alarm, walks away, and a block later thinks "did I set my alarm?" Is there a way to code in the marker lights to flash or the horn to beep when you press the lock button on an already locked and alarmed car?

[lax01]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

Hey all, so there's nearly 70 pages of discussion here and I admit I have not looked through every page. My question may have been answered already. If so, hoping someone can throw me a bone and answer anyway:

With the car locked and the alarm set, if you press the door lock button on the FOB, you can hear the door lock mechanism engage but that's the only signal anything is happening. I'm one of those people who chronically sets the alarm, walks away, and a block later thinks "did I set my alarm?" Is there a way to code in the marker lights to flash or the horn to beep when you press the lock button on an already locked and alarmed car?

I believe you can do this without even coding...its in iDrive settings:

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by lax01

I believe you can do this without even coding...its in iDrive settings:

You're correct, you can set the lights to flash and an audible chirp on lock/unlock. However, it's just the first lock. Example: You pull into a parking spot. get out. Lock the car either with the FOB or the comfort access "button" on the door handle. The lights flash and the car chirps. You walk away on autopilot and cat recall if you locked the car. If you push the lock button on the FOB at this point you get nothing. No lights, no chirp.

[lax01]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

You're correct, you can set the lights to flash and an audible chirp on lock/unlock. However, it's just the first lock. Example: You pull into a parking spot. get out. Lock the car either with the FOB or the comfort access "button" on the door handle. The lights flash and the car chirps. You walk away on autopilot and cat recall if you locked the car. If you push the lock button on the FOB at this point you get nothing. No lights, no chirp.

FYI - locking the car again (within 10 seconds) also disables the internal motion sensors (and I think another sensor...tilt maybe? It's described in the manual and allows you to leave a pet or child in locked car without setting off the alarm)

...so you may not want to do that...I always just lock it and check the driver's door because I also sometimes am on auto-pilot and worry I didn't actually lock the car.

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by lax01

FYI - locking the car again (within 10 seconds) also disables the internal motion sensors (and I think another sensor...tilt maybe? It's described in the manual and allows you to leave a pet or child in locked car without setting off the alarm)

...so you may not want to do that...I always just lock it and check the driver's door because I also sometimes am on auto-pilot and worry I didn't actually lock the car.

That one I did know about. Found out the hard way when I left my 2 dogs in the car and ducked into a coffee shop. Oops!

[SeanWRT]

I heard coding ID6 lite from ID5 will have Idrive display G30 5 series drew instead of F22, is that true?

[V.Smurf]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

With the car locked and the alarm set, if you press the door lock button on the FOB, you can hear the door lock mechanism engage but that's the only signal anything is happening. I'm one of those people who chronically sets the alarm, walks away, and a block later thinks "did I set my alarm?" Is there a way to code in the marker lights to flash or the horn to beep when you press the lock button on an already locked and alarmed car?

An alternative way to determine whether your car is locked from a distance is to code the mirrors to fold when the car is locked ... and if locking the car = arming the alarm, then you can tell from a distance whether or not the car is alarmed

It doesn't require any further button presses ... I don't have the alarm installed, but I can use this option to determine whether I've locked the car from a distance.

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by V.Smurf

An alternative way to determine whether your car is locked from a distance is to code the mirrors to fold when the car is locked ... and if locking the car = arming the alarm, then you can tell from a distance whether or not the car is alarmed

It doesn't require any further button presses ... I don't have the alarm installed, but I can use this option to determine whether I've locked the car from a distance.

Hey that's genius! Love it. Thanks!

[///M²]

Originally Posted by SeanWRT

I heard coding ID6 lite from ID5 will have Idrive display G30 5 series drew instead of F22, is that true?

I have ID6 lite coded and it shows the 2 series not the 5 series.

[subliminalaudio]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

Hey that's genius! Love it. Thanks!

Another way is using the Bmw App

[itrocks4u]

tried this last night. Took a bit of time to connect and initially it wouldn't connect to the wifi one. Then I disconnected wifi and tried again and it worked. Took about 15 mins to code VIM from start to finish.

I asked a local coder in the area for the same thing. He said $50 for VIM coding. And if the dealer reverts coding, $20 again. The icar plus the software costed me about $70. Now I can easily code other cars too!

[CLH]

FYI, for those with an MY18. I had the Instrument Panel recall software update done this past week and (as I expected would happen), all of my coding was wiped out. The only item that I'm not positive was put back to stock is ASD.

I just got done putting all my coding back in. The setting that Bimmercode read for ASD was "default", so I went ahead and coded it to Inactive.

The dealer didn't say anything about the car having been coded, so they either didn't notice or didn't care.

[horsepower_and_hounds]

I know if you get coded by Alex@Alpine he will re-code you if the dealer wipes it out with a software update. I am not doing the software update unless i have an issue since it does not seem to be a wide spread problem......

[Tumbleweeds78]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

Hey all, so there's nearly 70 pages of discussion here and I admit I have not looked through every page. My question may have been answered already. If so, hoping someone can throw me a bone and answer anyway:

With the car locked and the alarm set, if you press the door lock button on the FOB, you can hear the door lock mechanism engage but that's the only signal anything is happening. I'm one of those people who chronically sets the alarm, walks away, and a block later thinks "did I set my alarm?" Is there a way to code in the marker lights to flash or the horn to beep when you press the lock button on an already locked and alarmed car?

Check your phone app?

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by Tumbleweeds78

Check your phone app?

Ummmmm, yeah, soooo about that app. I remember BMW pestering me about it and I never downloaded it. Totally forgot it even exists.

Downloading it now. That certainly does solve my problem doesn't it. I'm embarrassed to admit just how many times I've been sitting in my office at work and thought "did I lock my car" and I actually get up and walk to the parking garage (2 blocks away) to check.